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01-02-2012 | Empirical Research

General Versus Specific Predictors of Male Arrest Trajectories: A Test of the Moffitt and Patterson Theories

Auteurs: Margit Wiesner, Deborah M. Capaldi, Hyoun K. Kim

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 2/2012

Abstract

Developmental taxonomies of crime disagree on whether distinctive offender trajectories are related to common or unique risks. This study examined childhood risks of differing arrest trajectories across childhood through early adulthood (from ages 10–11 to 26–27 years) that were identified in prior work for 203 at-risk, predominantly Caucasian young men. Multivariate analyses revealed that when both distal (childhood risk factors) and proximal risk factors (deviant peer association as a time-varying covariate) were included in the model, relatively few childhood risk factors (assessed at age 9–10 years) discriminated the chronic offender groups from rare offenders (i.e., child antisocial behavior, child attention problems, parents’ antisocial behavior). Rather, deviant peer association was significantly related to levels of offending within each trajectory group (i.e., chronic and rare offender groups). No predictor differentially predicted membership in the two chronic groups, supporting the linear gradation argument. Theoretical and prevention implications are discussed.

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Titel: General Versus Specific Predictors of Male Arrest Trajectories: A Test of the Moffitt and Patterson Theories
Auteurs: Margit Wiesner
Deborah M. Capaldi
Hyoun K. Kim
Publicatiedatum: 01-02-2012
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 2/2012
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-011-9683-1

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